Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Parent taxon: Loxoconchidae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015
See also Alexander 1934, Bertels 1973, Blaszyk 1987, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Ceolin et al. 2024 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cytheromorpha, Elofsonia, Heinia, Hirschmannia, Loxocauda, Loxoconchella, Nipponocythere, Palmoconcha, Phlyctocythere, Roundstonia, Sagmatocythere, Sanyuania
Subtaxa: Loxoconcha bairdi Loxoconcha blanckenhorni Loxoconcha buntoni Loxoconcha corrugata Loxoconcha creolensis Loxoconcha fischeri Loxoconcha jacksonensis Loxoconcha mariafarinhensis Loxoconcha mornhinvegi Loxoconcha nuda Loxoconcha perdecora Loxoconcha posterocosta Loxoconcha prava Loxoconcha pseudopunctatella Loxoconcha reticularis Loxoconcha saharaensis Loxoconcha similis Loxoconcha stellifera Loxoconcha subrhomboidea Loxoconcha uranouchiensis Loxoconcha vernonensis Loxoconcha woodwardsensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), France (2), India (3), Italy (1), United States (4: Florida, Maryland)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), Colombia (8), Croatia (4), Cuba (1), Georgia (1), Greece (19), India (1), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (2), Poland (5), Puerto Rico (4), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (3), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (6)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Antigua and Barbuda (5), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (7), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (2), United States (15: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (11), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (4: Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 139 collections including 209 occurrences
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